LOVE YOUR GARDEN

Let your love bloom in this Valentine’s month when you fill your garden (and heart) with stunning flowering plants in the most passionate colours, available at your favourite nursery. Romancing the dwarf rose Why settle for one short-lived long-stemmed red rose when you can rather have a patio filled with potted roses. Miniature rose varieties collectively known as “patio roses” are freely available in warm seasons. They flower profusely if kept in good light and are protected at root level with a layer of organic mulch to keep their roots cool and moist. What to plant It’s prime time for bougainvilleas, hemerocallis (daylilies), and variegated and green foliage plants.

Plant these for a bold, bright and beautiful garden.

Purchase and plant beauties like fuchsias, Pelargoniums, heliotropes, hydrangeas, Felicias, diascia, osteospermums, lavenders, rosemary, carnations, daisy bushes, begonias and verbenas.

On hot days… Mist-spray houseplants like ferns and orchids to provide extra humidity. Keep ponds and bird baths topped up for your feathered friends.

Watering wisdom – use a soaker hose rather than a sprinkler. Less water is required because the water is concentrated on the soil nearer the roots and there is less evaporation. - Life is a Garden